Air Force

As the Air Force and wider Defense Department work to address threats posed by peer competition and to fulfill the requirements of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the service must […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Recovering from a stinging Pentagon program evaluation in 2018, Sikorsky [LMT] has addressed design deficiencies in its HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter development and was able […]

It’s episode 3 of Defense Daily’s new podcast series, THE BUSINESS END. This time, we dive into Space Force, asking questions like: What procurement efforts will fall under the new Space […]

A satellite launch scheduled for later this week to carry the Air Force’s latest Advanced EHF (AEHF) system into orbit has been delayed until early-to-mid July, the service said June […]

DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force has initiated its first engineering change proposal for the KC-46A Pegasus program as it plans to award a contract to fix the aerial refueling […]

DAYTON, Ohio — With a series of modernization efforts on the table for the Air Force’s aging B-52 bomber fleet, the service will decide over the next two years whether […]

DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is moving quickly to develop a new air-to-air missile that would eventually replace the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), the leader of the […]

DAYTON, Ohio — While various Defense Department officials have expressed skepticism that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can achieve a $25,000 cost per flying hour target by 2025, the department’s […]

DAYTON, Ohio —The Air Force is moving through the process of assessing what a future aerial refueler will look like beyond the new KC-46A Pegasus, the service’s program executive officer […]

DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is set to begin building an updated light attack aircraft plan that would incorporate a small number of off-the-shelf aircraft while experimenting with other […]